Leadership
D. Craig Young – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Craig Young has over 29 years of experience in the telecom and data communications industry. Since joining MegaPath in July 2004, his primary focus has been to create a world class managed IP services company that provides businesses with the ability to easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, employees and business partners.
Young served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Netifice until its merger with MegaPath in 2006. Before this he was with AT&T Canada, serving first as Vice Chairman and Director and later as President. He was the President and CEO of MetroNet Communications until their merger with AT&T in 1999. Before MetroNet, Young served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks Fiber, a pioneer local exchange carrier that was acquired by WorldCom for approximately $3 billion in 1998. From 1980 to 1995, Young held various high level executive positions at Ameritech Customer Business Services, US West Communications and Executone Information Systems.
Young earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from California State University, Chico.
Paul Milley – Chief Financial Officer
Paul Milley has over 20 years of experience in finance, treasury, banking, planning, investor relations, information systems and controllership activities for both public and private companies. He joined the company in October 2001 and is responsible for finance and administration.
Prior to joining MegaPath, Milley was the SVP and CFO of OnCommand Corporation (OCC), which provides entertainment software and technologies to the hospitality industry. While in this capacity, he helped OCC increase earnings by over 60 percent through product enhancements, new technology deployment, tighter controls and expense efficiencies. Milley's previous titles include VP and CFO of 3DO Corporation, SVP and CFO of ComputerLand Corporation, as well as positions in all levels of finance at other software and consulting organizations.
Milley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
Dan Foster – President, Business Markets
Dan Foster has over 20 years experience in telecom and data communications industry. He has been with MegaPath since 2000, where he has been responsible for the leadership of the sales, marketing, and product divisions.
Prior to joining the company, Foster was President and CEO of Phoenix Networks. Previously, he served as Vice President of Consumer Markets at Rhythms NetConnections, where he managed the company's entree and growth in the consumer market. Prior to Rhythms, Foster was a Partner and Vice President of Marketing for Analysis Group, Inc., a leading international management-consulting firm, where he consulted for both start-up and established companies to create and implement strategies in the telecommunications, Internet, high-tech, and consumer product industries.
Foster received dual engineering and liberal arts degrees from Tufts University and graduated from the Harvard Business School executive PMD program.
Brett Flinchum – Chief Operating Officer
Brett Flinchum is Chief Operating Officer, leading the teams responsible for Operations, Software and Information Systems, Network Engineering and Project Management. Flinchum joins the company through the merger with Covad, where he was Chief Operations Officer. During his tenure at Covad, Flinchum led the team that established the first working line-sharing DSL service in the U.S. and led Covad's first-to-market consumer ADSL offering. Previously he served as part of a change management, turn-around organization at U.S. West, now Qwest Communications, where he was responsible for re-architecting the business, repositioning the cost structure, and improving customer satisfaction. Prior to U.S. West, Flinchum was with First Union Corporation (now Wachovia), First Citizens Bank and IBM.
Flinchum earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Davidson College, North Carolina, and his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Doug Carlen – General Counsel
Doug Carlen oversees legal, regulatory and legislative affairs. He possesses a deep knowledge of the business and regulatory environments in which MegaPath operates.
Carlen joins the company through the merger with Covad, where he served as SVP and General Counsel. Previously, Carlen served as Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs at Covad and since September 1999 was a key part of Covad’s legal team. Before joining Covad, he was with Greene Radovsky Maloney & Share where he specialized in corporate law. Carlen earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California and his law degree from Hastings College of the Law.
